Women’s autonomy and its impact on environmental sustainability agenda

Du, Chunlei; Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Peng, Michael Yao‐Ping; Askar, Sameh; Nassani, Abdelmohsen A.; Zaman, Khalid; Abro, Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi

doi:10.1080/09640568.2021.1952168

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“…Finally, Hypothesis 2e suggested that family firms with female CEOs would have a stronger positive association between autonomy and sustainability initiatives, which the findings confirm. This is in line with studies that have confirmed that women's positive role in improving the global environment is closely related to their autonomy (Du et al., 2022; Mujeed et al., 2021). The positive slope for family firms led by women is statistically significant, yet the slope detected for family businesses headed by men is negative.…”

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Family firm entrepreneurship and sustainability initiatives: Women as corporate change agents

Domańska,

Hernández‐Linares,

Zajkowski

et al. 2023

Business Ethics Env & Resp

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Family businesses are often seen as key players in efforts to increase sustainability due to their transgenerational focus. Researchers have reported that companies strengthen their commitment to sustainability as they consolidate their entrepreneurial commitment, but the existing knowledge about drivers of family firms' sustainability choices is limited. This study sought to fill related research gaps by exploring the relationships between five entrepreneurial orientation (EO) components—risk taking, innovativeness, proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness and autonomy—and family businesses' sustainability initiatives. These companies comprise a unique research context in terms of the EO‐sustainability link due to their focus on continuity and propensity to create value for future generations. In addition, women increasingly hold leadership positions within family businesses, and studies have categorised both entrepreneurship and sustainability as gendered processes. Thus, this research also explored female chief executive officers' (CEOs) moderating role as corporate change agents who influence the EO‐sustainability initiatives relationship. Analyses were conducted using primary data collected from 195 privately held family firms in Poland. The results indicate that only one EO component (innovativeness) is significantly associated with family businesses' sustainability initiatives and that CEO gender moderates the links between two EO components (proactiveness and autonomy) and sustainability. Thus, this article contributes to the management literature by exploring the role of women leaders as change agents for sustainability in family firms. Other significant theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.

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confidence: 90%

Family firm entrepreneurship and sustainability initiatives: Women as corporate change agents

Domańska,

Hernández‐Linares,

Zajkowski

et al. 2023

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“…Access to credit, improved labour standards, enhanced working conditions, banking and financial assistance are crucial for the overall development which allow countries to enhance gender equality and women's rights as well as derive financial benefits from women's participation in the economy through ways such as taxes and investment. Du et al (2021) also highlighted that, through their wisdom and leadership, women mitigate environmental degradation which in turn leads to financial development. Stuart et al (2018) emphasized the need to integrate economic policies within the national economic plan to support women's empowerment through gender equality as a way forward to achieving the sustainable development agenda.…”

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Is financial development crucial to achieving the “2030 agenda of sustainable development”? Evidence from Asian countries

Khemani

Kumar

2022

IJOEM

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PurposeAchieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) demands mobilising finance and aligning it with elements of sustainability. This study, thus, aims to investigate the impact of financial development of an economy on the achievement of SDGs.Design/methodology/approachThe authors analyse a sample of 35 Asian countries based on their SDG trends and representative SDG indicators. An ordered probit model is employed for analysing the impact of financial development on the SDG trend. Subsequently, pairwise Granger causality test is employed for investigating the causality between the SDG and the financial development.FindingsThe findings indicate that financial development positively impacts the progress towards SDG achievement in the areas: (1) gender equality, (2) economic growth, (3) industry, innovation and infrastructure and (4) sustainable cities and communities; and adversely impacts the climate action. The causality test indicates a bidirectional causality for financial development and industry, infrastructure and innovation, financial development and sustainable cities and communities and financial development and climate action, and unidirectional causality from gender equality to financial development.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings have implications for the government of a nation as well as the private businesses. The goals allow businesses to implement well-articulated strategies which pay attention to the SDGs.Originality/valueThe novelty of the paper is that the authors provide evidence supporting the view that focusing on building a resilient and robust financial system is of importance for the achievement of SDGs.

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“…The business fosters women's empowerment by providing them with independence, opportunities, self-assurance, and creativity (Khandwalla, 2014;Mubeen, Shahid, & Khan, 2022). Women are empowered when they work in the workforce, assume leadership roles in social and political concerns, and have access to finance, for example (Du et al, 2022). Most international organizations have recently paid a lot of attention to the issue of women's empowerment as a policy issue.…”

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The Nexus among Family Business, Household Finances and Women Empowerment: Evidence from PDHS 2017-18

Mubeen

Hye²,

Shahid

et al. 2022

Nurture

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Purpose: This study intends to determine whether family businesses empower women, encourage their entrepreneurship, and enable them to become fully engaged in activities that generate finances by allowing them to select their own business idea. Methodology: Empowering women is crucial for accelerating economic and financial progress. The question of the economic empowerment of women is of utmost importance to political philosophers, social scientists, and reformers because it is currently thought of as a sine qua non of progress for a nation. This study examines the relationship between women's financial empowerment, business, and the home using data from the 2017–18 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS). For this, we employed binary logistic regression. Findings: Women who are educated and have a job are more empowered than women who are not employed. Furthermore, economic and financial development cannot occur without the advancement of women. Women should be taught technical knowledge and marketing strategies and empowered to develop their skills to create more sustainable businesses. Contribution to literature: This study contributes to the literature in two ways: First, this study utilized the fertility variable which was not utilized in earlier studies. Second, this study identified the women empowerment factors by using four different indicators.

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Women’s autonomy and its impact on environmental sustainability agenda

Cited by 9 publications

References 56 publications

Family firm entrepreneurship and sustainability initiatives: Women as corporate change agents

Family firm entrepreneurship and sustainability initiatives: Women as corporate change agents

Is financial development crucial to achieving the “2030 agenda of sustainable development”? Evidence from Asian countries

The Nexus among Family Business, Household Finances and Women Empowerment: Evidence from PDHS 2017-18

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